Frequency of hypertension in the patients presenting with epistaxis in ENT department,nishtar hospital,Multan

Objective: to determine the frequency of hypertension in patients presenting with epistaxis in ent department,nishtar hospital,multan. material and methods: the present study carried out in the department of ent,nishtar hospital,multan during the period from march 2011 to september 2011. a total of 105 cases were calculated with 95% confidence level,8% margin of error and taking expected percentage of hypertension i.e. 22.36% in patients presenting with epistaxis. results: 105 patients with history of recurrent epistaxis were included in study,mean age was 45.89±5.90 years in cases,sixty three were males (60%) and forty two (40%) were famales (m:f=1.5:1) with forty (38.09%) out of one hundred and five were found to have hypertension. conclusion: hypertension is common in epistaxis.